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HBO Boxing After Dark

Devon Alexander vs. Juan Urango

March 6, 2010

Mohegan Sun

Uncasville, Connecticut

Featured Bout:

WBC & IBF Super Lightweight Unification Title Bout (12 Rds)

WBC Champ Devon Alexander (19-0, 12 KOs) vs. IBF Champ Juan Urango (22-2-1, 17 KOs)

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World Championship Boxing Unification Match At Mohegan Sun on Saturday, March 6

Undefeated World Boxing Council 140-Pound Champion Devon Alexander ‘The Great’

Meets International Boxing Federation 140-Pound Champ Juan ‘Iron Twins’ Urango

UNCASVILLE, Conn.—Two world champions from one of the most active and exciting weight divisions in

boxing will meet in a unification bout on March 6 when undefeated World Boxing Council super lightweight

champion Devon Alexander “The Great” faces International Boxing Federation junior welterweight champion

Juan “Iron Twins” Urango at Mohegan Sun Arena. (HBO 9:30 p.m. ET/PT)

Tickets priced at $175, $95, $50 and $35 are on sale now at the Mohegan Sun Box Office and through

Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call Ticketmaster's national toll free

Charge-By-Phone number (800) 745-3000; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet.

Alexander (19-0, 12 KOs), from St. Louis, won the vacant WBC 140-pound championship by stopping a

former holder of that crown, Junior “The Hitter” Witter, when they met on Aug. 1 in Southern California.

Always a hot prospect, the 23-year-old Alexander successfully emerged from the shadow of fighting his

entire career out of the Cory Spinks camp by displaying elusive defensive skills—no doubt picked up from

his mentor—while unloading enough firepower to cause a tough Brit to quit on his stool.

Alexander has been building his unblemished record since high school. He served notice that he would be

a force to be reckoned with after winning a unanimous decision over former world champion DeMarcus

“Chop Chop” Corley at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Jan. 19, 2008.

Urango (22-2-1, 17 KOs), a 29-year-old Colombian native now fighting out of Cooper City, Fla., is a two-time

world champion. He won his first world title in 2006, defeating Ben Rabah to capture the IBF 140-pound

crown.

In his next fight, Urango took on one of the toughest challenges of his career against then-undefeated Ricky

“The Hitman” Hatton, a match he lost by decision.

Urgango regained the subsequently vacated IBF title on Jan 30, 2009, winning a unanimous decision over

Herman Ngoudjo in Montreal.

Never one to skip a challenge, Urango ventured up to the 147-pound limit to face undefeated WBC

welterweight champion Andre Berto in South Florida on May 30, 2009. He lost by decision.

Urango returned to 140 pounds to successfully defend his IBF junior welterweight title on Aug. 28 in South

Florida against former two-time world champion and noted knockout artist Randall Bailey. The tall, long-

armed Bailey, known for having one of the best right hands in the sport, sent Urango to the mat in the sixth

round. The Colombian showed great fortitude to survive the round, then rallied to floor Bailey three times,

leading Bailey’s corner to throw in the towel in the 11th round.

The event is being promoted by Don King Productions.

About Mohegan Sun

Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular

entertainment, gaming, shopping and meeting destinations in the United States. Situated on 240 acres

along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New

York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and

waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting

mohegansun.com.

About Don King Productions

Don King Productions has promoted over 500 world championship fights with nearly 100 individual boxers

having been paid $1 million or more. DKP also holds the distinction of having promoted or co-promoted

seven of the 10 largest pay-per-view events in history, as gauged by total buys, including three of the top five:

Holyfield vs. Tyson II, 1.99 million buys, June 1997; Tyson vs. Holyfield I, 1.6 million buys, November 1996;

and Tyson vs. McNeeley, 1.58 million buys, August 1995.

DKP has promoted or co-promoted 12 of the top 20 highest-grossing live gates in the history of the state of

Nevada including four of the top five: Holyfield vs. Lewis II, paid attendance: 17,078, gross: $16,860,300

(NOTE: Also second-highest live-gate gross for any event in the history of the world.), date: Nov. 13, 1999;

Holyfield vs. Tyson II, paid attendance: 16,279, gross: $14,277,200, date: June 28, 1997; Holyfield vs. Tyson

I, paid attendance: 16,103, gross: $14,150,700, date: Nov. 9, 1996; and Tyson vs. McNeeley, paid

attendance: 16,113, gross: $13,965,600, date: Aug. 19, 1995.
 

- Press Release issued by Don King Productions with a little editing from us (color, etc..)

Subject to change

(3/2/10)